Thyroid hormone concentrations in systemic circulation and ovarian follicular fluid of cows
| Autor: | Tarvinder Singh, W. Allan King, Kathleen M Yates, Pawel M. Bartlewski, Pritpal S. Malhi, Jaswant Singh, Fazl A. Ashkar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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Thyroid Hormones
medicine.medical_specialty media_common.quotation_subject Superovulation Ovary General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Ovarian Follicle Ovulation Induction Internal medicine Follicular phase medicine Animals Ovulation media_common Estrous cycle Triiodothyronine business.industry Thyroid Antral follicle Follicular fluid Follicular Fluid Thyroxine medicine.anatomical_structure Endocrinology Cattle Female business |
| Zdroj: | Experimental Biology and Medicine. 235:215-221 |
| ISSN: | 1535-3699 1535-3702 |
| DOI: | 10.1258/ebm.2009.009185 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to determine and compare the concentrations of total (T) and free (F) fractions of thyroid hormones (T3-triiodithyronine and T4-thyroxin) in peripheral circulation and follicular fluid of cows in relation to ovarian follicular status in vivo (Experiment 1), and in the follicles from the slaughterhouse ovaries (Experiment 2). In Experiment 1, estrus was synchronized in 15 cows using two Estrumate® (cloprostenol sodium) injections (250 mg cloprostenol intramuscular), the time of ovulation (Day 0) was confirmed by ultrasonography, and ovarian antral follicles were ablated on Day 5. The ensuing superovulatory treatment consisted of eight Folltropin®-V injections (50 mg intramuscular) administered twice daily from Day 6 to Day 9, followed by two injections of Estrumate® (Day 10 am and pm) and a single dose of Lutropin Alfa® (Day 11; 750 IU intramuscular). On Day 5, both TT3 and FT3 concentrations were greater ( P < 0.05) in serum than follicular fluid from dominant (DFs) or subordinate antral follicles (SFs), and TT4 concentrations were greater ( P < 0.05) in DFs compared with SFs. Serum concentrations of FT4 were greater ( P < 0.05) on Day 12 than on Day 5, and TT4 concentrations in follicular fluid collected on Day 12 were higher than those in DFs and SFs on Day 5. In Experiment 2, there were no differences ( P > 0.05) in thyroid hormone concentrations between the largest and all remaining antral follicles visible on the surface of the ovary ( n = 20 ovaries). We concluded that: (i) physiological status of bovine antral follicles (i.e. dominant versus subordinate) may impinge on the accumulation of TT4 in follicular fluid; and (ii) hormonal ovarian superstimulation increases circulating levels of FT4 and follicular fluid content of TT4. |
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